The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast

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A brand new interview podcast that offers listeners a chance to get closer to their favourite non-fiction filmmakers. We will hear about their life and career through the lens of three thematically-united documentaries that have had a lasting impact on them. Discover why these documentaries have the meaning they do and how that has manifested in their own non-fiction filmmaking.

Hosted by June Jennings, a writer and journalist, who currently serves as the engagement and partnerships manager for Field of Vision, First Look Media’s award-winning documentary unit.

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Episodes

The Best of The Doc Exchange | with Asif Kapadia, Kirsten Johnson, Simon Chinn + More

To celebrate the first season of The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories podcast , here are some of our highlights from our conversations with some of the biggest names in modern documentary filmmaking. Hear from the filmmakers behind many of this year’s most lauded and talked about documentaries as they reveal which non-fiction films mean the most to them. Head to our feed to hear the full interviews, our guests include: Kirsten Johnson | Director of Dick Johnson is Dead and Cameraperson Catherine Bra...

Jan 28, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Kirsten Johnson | Director of Dick Johnson is Dead and Cameraperson

In this episode, June is joined by Kirsten Johnson, a long-time cinematographer and documentary filmmaker who received widespread critical acclaim for her two most recent movies as director Cameraperson (2016) and Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020). Through the lens of three films that consider what it means to document life, death and the world around us, Kirsten discusses a range of topics from the intensely political to the intensely personal. Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast, whe...

Jan 21, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Catherine Bray | Writer, director, producer & commissioner

On this episode of The Doc Exchange, June Jennings is joined by Catherine Bray, a commissioner, producer and writer-director, whose most recent credits include two hour-long essays films for BBC Arts: Meet the Family and Guilt-Free Pleasures. Together they interrogate the theme of performance, constructed reality and fabrication and how this can alter our sense of what ‘counts’ as documentary. Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast, where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal...

Jan 14, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Tamara Kotevska | Co-director of Honeyland

In this episode of The Doc Exchange, June Jennings is joined by Tamara Kotevska, the Oscar-nominated co-director of Honeyland . Discussing three seemingly disparate, but equally powerful documentaries, Tamara reflects on her experience of making a film about ancient beekeeping traditions in the mountains of North Macedonia, the spirit of collaboration that enabled its fruition and the importance of showing the world as it is. Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast, where your favour...

Jan 07, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Simon Chinn | Producer of Whitney, Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, June Jennings is joined by Simon Chinn, the Oscar-winning producer behind some of the most successful documentaries of the past decade including Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man, The Imposter, My Scientology Movie, LA 92 and Whitney . Through the lens of three music documentaries that have stayed with ...

Dec 17, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Kate Blewett and Brian Woods | Co-directors of The Dying Rooms

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, June Jennings is joined by Brian Woods and Kate Blewett for a special episode reflecting on the 25th anniversary of their award-winning Channel 4 documentary The Dying Rooms . Discover how they got extraordinary access to make their groundbreaking film, how the stakes were raised when they made Return to t...

Dec 10, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Poppy Dixon | Producer of Untouchable, The Imposter & American Animals

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, host June Jennings is joined by Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries at Sky UK and the producer of Untouchable , The Imposter and American Animals . United by the theme of memory, her documentary picks traverse family secrets, trauma and criminal justice. Hear how these films changed Poppy's perception o...

Dec 03, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk | co-directors of Athlete A

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, we're joined by filmmaking, and life, partners Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk. The duo most recently directed the Netflix Original documentary Athlete A , which follows a team of reporters from The Indianapolis Star as they investigate claims of abuse at USA Gymnastics. Bonni and Jon pick three documentarie...

Nov 26, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Nicole Newnham & Jim LeBrecht | co-directors of Crip Camp

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, co-directors Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht join June Jennings to reveal the three documentaries that inspired their work on Crip Camp - the Netflix documentary about a disability revolution. From films about Harvey Milk to James Baldwin, we discover their non-fiction touchstones and why they were changed...

Nov 19, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Asif Kapadia | Director of Amy, Diego Maradona and Senna

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories Podcast , where your favourite non-fiction filmmakers reveal the documentaries that have had lasting impact on their lives and careers. This week, multi award-winning film director, writer and producer Asif Kapadia (and the 2020 recipient of the prestigious BBC Grierson Trustees' Award) joins June Jennings to talk about three documentaries related to the 1970s. From political context to personal archives to depicting icons in their prime, we discover w...

Nov 12, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1

The Doc Exchange | Trailer

Welcome to The Doc Exchange: A Real Stories podcast. Hear from the filmmakers behind many of this year’s most lauded and talked about documentaries as they reveal which non-fiction films mean the most to them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 05, 2020•1 min

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